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1958 Map of Hickman Lake

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Hickman Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

Hickman and Sisseton townships define this rural section of Marshall County during the late 1950s, a period documented by aerial photography for the Missouri River Basin development program. The landscape is characterized by a high density of small water bodies and marshy depressions, typical of the prairie pothole region. Hickman Lake stands as the primary water feature in the southwest, while the surrounding sections are dotted with unnamed sloughs and seasonal basins.

Evidence of early rural infrastructure remains visible through the locations of School No 1 and School No 2, serving the farming families across Waverly and Lowell. The presence of a Gravel Pit indicates local small-scale extraction used for maintaining the grid of section-line roads that segment the territory. This survey provides a precise look at the township boundaries and land divisions before modern agricultural consolidation significantly altered the small-school system of the northern plains.